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Ligand efficacy shifts a nuclear receptor conformational ensemble between transcriptionally active and repressive states [PDF]
Nuclear receptors (NRs) are thought to dynamically alternate between transcriptionally active and repressive conformations, which are stabilized upon ligand binding.
Brian S. MacTavish +7 more
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Penal practices of partisans in the Kaunas Region (1944–1952). Part II
Part 1 of this Article analyses campaigns of the partisans in Kaunas county and Kaunas city that took place in 1944-1945. Kaunas county geographically was a midpoint of Lithuania, it bordered the counties of Šakiai, Raseiniai, Kėdainiai, Ukmergė, Trakai
Gintautas Miknevičius
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Theory and practise of State security ministery work
The Ministry of State Security (MSS), in accordance with the resolutions of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), was obliged to protect the German Democratic Republic (GDR) against external and internal ‘attacks’, to guarantee its territorial ...
Helmut Müller-Enbergs
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Accusation and trial argumentation in the cases of former LSSR MGB agents strikers
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the main legal aspects of standard of proof and evaluation of partisan warfare, highlighting issues that could be further explored during the discussion based on the case in which the defendants allegedly ...
Bernardas Gailius
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KGB Frontier-Guards in Lithuania After the War
In its attempts to crush our partisans, and the Lithuanian people in general, the border guards played a dual role: they blocked the border, thereby effectively preventing the Lithuanian resistance forces from receiving support from abroad, and at the ...
Juozas Starkauskas
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Special cardfiles of “Political shades“ in Estonia in 1940–1957
The Baltic states, occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union, had to be incorporated into the common political system of the USSR without delay. The Soviet model was to be used to create a repressive apparatus and a political violence against the local ...
Aigi Rahi-Tamm
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Problem of juridical evaluation of MGB agents combatant
This article focuses on the coordinated efforts of various authorities to investigate the cases of agents–hitmen, the difficulties encountered, and the ways of serving justice.
Saulius Samulevičius
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The Disinformation Activities of the KGB of Lithuanian SSR and Protection of Secrets in 1954–1991
Competition between the USA and USSR during the Cold War was concurrent with spying and protection of secrets. Those targets were implemented by various measures. Disinformation was an exceptionally important method among them.
Kristina Burinskaitė
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The role of communist party into implementation of deportation in Estonia
Of all the post-war deportations, the most damaging to Estonia was the Operation Priboj, which was carried out in March 1949 in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia under the leadership of the Ministry of State Security (MGB).
Meelis Saueauk
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Social and psychological portrait of the KGB agent
After 1953, the KGB faced new challenges. With the Soviet system gradually opening, ever more intense relations with the West in the fields of science, culture, industry and tourism were established, which was a certain challenge in protecting ...
Kristina Burinskaitė
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